Earthequake Magnitude 5.6 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

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Magnitude 5.6 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

2011 December 15 07:12:09 UTC

Earthquake Details

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Magnitude	5.6
Date-Time	Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 07:12:09 UTC Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 07:12:09 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	29.479°S, 176.391°W
Depth	43.5 km (27.0 miles)
Region	KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Distances	148 km (91 miles) E of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands 323 km (200 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands 932 km (579 miles) S of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga 1161 km (721 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 16 km (9.9 miles); depth +/- 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=169, Nph=199, Dmin=151.4 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc00076zq